Topic: Jami Lund

Those of us who work in the public sector have come to expect ideological attacks and extremist rhetoric from the Freedom Foundation [“How the union trumped voters in Seattle Public Schools budget,” Opinion, June 24]. Let’s set the record straight on some of the wild assertions made by Jami Lund in his guest…

Guest columnist Jami Lund castigates the school employees union for bargaining levy funds to increase Seattle teacher pay [“How the union trumped voters in the Seattle Schools budget,” Opinion, Jan 24]. He recommends that legislators prohibit local districts from using levy funds for salaries. At present, a first-year teacher in Seattle on the state…

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